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-Guarantee passing score -41 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Which of the following expands most when the temperature is lowered? Equal volumes of iron, wood, helium, or water at 4 degrees C?
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Water at 4 degrees C Question 2: A nutritionist in the United States measures the food energy in units of
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Calories (with a capital C)
Question 3: At absolute zero, a substance has
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No more energy to give up Question 4: A volume of helium gas has a temperature of 10°C. The same gas twice as hot has a temperature of
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293 degrees C
Question 5: The direction of natural processes is from states of
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Higher order to Lower order
Question 6: Thermal energy can be measured in
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calories, Calories, or Joules Question 7: If the temperature of a sample of 4°C water slightly decreases, the sample of water
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Expands Question 8: Which law of thermodynamics is a restatement of the conservation of energy as it applies to thermal systems?
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1st law
Question 9: Compared to a giant iceberg, a hot cup of coffee has
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A higher temperature, but less thermal energy
Question 10: Heat is thermal energy that flows due to
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Temperature differences Question 11: To say that water has a high specific heat capacity is to say that water
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Releases a lot of energy in cooling, absorbs a lot of energy (increasing the temperature), and requires a lot of energy for an increase in temperature
Question 12: Ice has a lower density than water because ice
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Is composed of open-structured crystals.
Question 13: If a room is cold it is due to a
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Lack of adequate thermal energy Question 14: Which of the following normally warms up faster when heat is applied- iron, glass, wood, or water?
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Iron
Question 15: More disorder means
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More entropy Question 16: If the temperature of a sample of 4°C water slightly increases, the sample of water
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Expands Question 17: Whether one object is warmer than another object has most to do with
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Molecular Kinetic Energy Question 18: When work is done on a system and no heat is added, the temperature of the system
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Increases
Question 19: Entropy is most closely related to the
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2nd law of thermodynamics Question 20: Before ice can form on a lake, all the water in the lake must be cooled to
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- degrees C
Question 21: Which law of thermodynamics addresses the direction of heat flow?
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2nd law
Question 22: A metal ring with a gap in it is shaped like the letter
- When the hot metal cools, the gap becomes
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Narrower Question 23: The fact that desert sand is very hot in the day and very cold at night is evidence that sand has a
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Low specific heat capacity
Question 24: The greatest expansion of water occurs when
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It turns to ice Question 25: Suppose you rapidly stir some raw eggs with an egg beater. The temperature of the eggs will
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Increase
Question 26: A substance that heats up relatively quickly has a
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Low specific heat capacity Question 27: San Francisco has milder winters than Washington D.C. due to water's high
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Specific heat capacity
Question 28: The temperature of melting ice is
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- degrees C or 32 degrees F